A Virtual World as an Introduction to Green IT Awareness

This paper describes a project to explore the possibilities of virtual worlds in educating Green IT. In the project, a virtual world has been created with various assignments to create awareness on sustainability aspects of IT. The world (and the assignments) will be incorporated in a course for first-year IT students. In order to measure the effects of the course, a questionnaire has been developed which can be used before and after the course to measure the change in attitude towards green IT

Using 3-D Virtual Worlds as a Platform for an Experiental Case Study in Information Systems Auditing

The paper is a case study of an experiential exercise in information systems auditing of a virtual data center constructed in the 3-D virtual world of Second Life. A techonology and data center was created and populated with numerous risk exposure for an organization

Duurzaamheid in een virtuele wereld

Dit artikel beschrijft een project om de mogelijkheden van virtuele werelden voor het onderwijs In ICT en duurzaamheid te onderzoeken. In dit project is een virtuele wereld ontwikkeld met een groot scala aan opdrachten voor studenten die tot doel hebben bewustzijn ten opzichte van duurzaamheid en ICT te creëren. Om de effecten van de cursus te kunnen bepalen is tevens een vragen lijst ontwikkeld waarmee voorafgaand aan en volgend op de cursus de attitude en het gedrag van studenten ten opzichte van duurzaamheid gemeten kan worden. De virtuele wereld zal opgenomen worden in het eerstejaars curriculum voor alle ICTstudente

A Virtual World as an Introduction towards Green IT Awareness

This paper describes a project to explore the possibilities of virtual worlds in educating Green IT. In the project a virtual world has been created with various assignments which are meant to create awareness on sustainability aspects of IT. The world (and the assignments) will be incorporated in a course for first-year IT students. In order to measure the effects of the course, a questionnaire has been developed which can be used before and after the course to measure the attitude towards green IT